Pawtucket in Providence County, Rhode Island — The American Northeast (New England)
Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial
the memory of all
the members of the
Major
Walter G.
Gatchell
VFW Post 306
and its Auxiliary
Past Present & Future
Founded
1920
Auxiliary
1921
[Left side of the memorial:]
WW I
WWII
Korea
Vietnam
Desert Storm
Erected 2000 by Major Walter G. Gatchell VFW Post 360 and its Auxiliary.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
Location. 41° 53.05′ N, 71° 22.674′ W. Memorial is in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, in Providence County. It is on Blake Street just east of Fountain Street, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 171 Fountain St, Pawtucket RI 02860, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Rhode Island’s Blackstone Valley, in Greater Providence, and on Narragansett Bay. It is also in the American Northeast, in New England, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically,
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Spanish American War Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); Tolerance (approx. 0.4 miles away); River and Fields at Pawtucket (approx. 0.4 miles away); Pawtucket Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Pvt Lawrence E. Redmond (approx. 0.4 miles away); Pawtucket City Hall (approx. 0.4 miles away); Old Slater Mill (approx. half a mile away); Slater Mill (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pawtucket.
Another marker is no longer nearby. Slater Mill Historic Site (was approx. half a mile away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
Credits. This page was last revised on June 21, 2020. It was originally submitted on June 21, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 196 times since then and 21 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on June 21, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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